CANTON, Ohio — Supporters of a police officer accused of killing a woman and her unborn child huddled Sunday at a closed prayer service scheduled before police found what they believe is her body and arrested him.
A massive search for the nearly nine months pregnant woman ended Saturday when authorities announced they found a body they believed to be that of 26-year-old Jesse Davis. Bobby Cutts Jr., a police officer they suspect is the father of the unborn child, was arrested on two counts of murder.
A church service to show support for Cutts that was scheduled before the body was found was closed to the media. Cutts' pastor, the Rev. C.A. Richmond, declined to comment on his way into the service.
Davis was due to deliver a baby girl on July 3 but was reported missing after her mother found Davis' 2-year-old son home alone, bedroom furniture toppled and bleach spilled on the floor.
The boy gave investigators their first clues. "Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the table. Mommy's in rug," the boy said.
An autopsy was being performed Sunday, the Summit County Medical Examiner's office said. The medical examiner's office said it would try to use dental records to identify the body, but that it might be difficult to determine the cause of death because of the advanced state of decomposition.
